Respondent
Rationale for inclusion
Mothers of children aged 0-6 years Home-based caregivers who took care of their young who stayed with them for any time children during the COVID-19 pandemic and could speak to since the COVID-19 pandemic began its impacts on the children as well as themselves Fathers of children aged 0-6 years Home-based caregivers who took care of their young who stayed with them for any time children during the COVID-19 pandemic and could speak to since the COVID-19 pandemic began its impacts on the children as well as themselves Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs)
Frontline workers who routinely provide health and nutrition-related services to young children and their mothers, and who took on additional COVID-related duties during the pandemic
Anganwadi workers
Frontline workers who routinely provide health, nutrition, caregiving and learning services to young children and their mothers, and who took on additional COVID-related duties during the pandemic
Village Health Nurses (VHNs)
Frontline workers in Tamil Nadu who are regularly staffed frontline worker in many parts of the state, playing a role similar to both ASHAs and auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) in other states
D: Demographics of survey respondents by state Table: State wise split of Primary caregiver survey respondents by income category
State
know/
Antyodaya
BPL
APL
ration card
Others
Total
Andhra Pradesh
3%
1%
86%
6%
3%
1%
100%
Assam
0%
4%
39%
25%
32%
0%
100%
Bihar
2%
3%
46%
14%
35%
0%
100%
Haryana
4%
3%
50%
27%
16%
0%
100%
Madhya Pradesh
4%
1%
67%
16%
12%
0%
100%
Maharashtra 1%
2%
30%
59%
7%
1%
100%
Odisha
5%
3%
61%
21%
11%
0%
100%
Punjab
1%
0%
48%
4%
46%
0%
100%
Rajasthan
3%
1%
17%
68%
12%
0%
100%
Tamil Nadu 2%
2%
70%
22%
4%
0%
100%
Uttar Pradesh
13%
39%
23%
15%
4%
100%
6%
47 | Evidence-based response to ECD during the COVID-19 crisis
